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In February 2013, a bill to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana was killed in committee. Following that, the Senate offered an amendment to the previously-approved House Bill 1006, which had included decreased penalties for cannabis possession, with an amendment to instead raise certain types of possession from misdemeanors to felonies.
In the United States, cannabis is legal in 38 of 50 states for medical use and 24 states for recreational use. At the federal level, cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, determined to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, prohibiting its use for any purpose. [ 1]
Formally known as the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse, the Shafer Commission – led by former Pennsylvania governor Raymond P. Shafer – determined in its March 1972 report to the President and Congress that the societal harms caused by cannabis were limited, and recommended removal of criminal penalties for possession and ...
According to the Death Penalty Information Center, Indiana has eight people on death row. In 2020, the first federal execution in 17 years at the time was carried out at a federal prison in Indiana .
Aug. 12—Staff report. The Lawrence County grand jury returned 28 indictments in July and nearly all the charges are drug related. People indicted and their charges include: —Hope M. Fyee, 29 ...
Simple possession of an illegal form of Salvia is a felony for which the maximum sentence is 5 years; production (even for personal use) or distribution (even for free) has a maximum sentence of 10 years and a minimum sentence of 2 years. In addition, the defendant can even be sentenced to hard labor for either offense.
Possession of child pornography is a Level 5 felony in Indiana, punishable by one to six years in jail. Contact H-T reporter Laura Lane at llane@heraldt.com or 812-318-5967.
1973: Texas law is amended to declare possession of four ounces or less a misdemeanor. [ 17][ 19] 1973: Oregon becomes the first state to decriminalize cannabis – reducing the penalty for up to one ounce to a $100 fine. [ 20] 1975: Alaska, Maine, Colorado, California, and Ohio decriminalize cannabis. [ 20]